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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202011-17 ] MIT Kerberos 5: Denial of service
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 02:49:55
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-17
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: MIT Kerberos 5: Denial of service
9 Date: November 16, 2020
10 Bugs: #753281
11 ID: 202011-17
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 could lead to a Denial of Service
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21 Background
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24 The MIT Kerberos 5 implementation provides a command line telnet client
25 which is used for remote login via the telnet protocol.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-crypt/mit-krb5 < 1.18.2-r2 >= 1.18.2-r2
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35 Description
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38 It was discovered that MIT Kerberos network authentication system,
39 krb5, did not properly handle ASN.1-encoded Kerberos messages.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted Kerberos message,
45 possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All MIT Kerberos 5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.18.2-r2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-28196
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28196
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-17
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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